Collaborations
SINAPSE has developed strategic collaborations with a wide range of partners both national and international including pharmaceutical, imaging equipment and software companies.
Opportunities
We have a wide range of radiological expertise across the SINAPSE network, and also a well-established reputation for providing expert image interpretation for large multi-centre studies. We have access to key clinical data sets that may be used to validate research hypotheses or for testing image analysis software.
We have developed Quality Assurance protocols and software to assure the comparibility of images in multi-centre studies.
SINAPSE was awarded £300k from the Scottish Funding Council to develop training in specialist imaging skills both online and face-to-face. The development was called SPRING, and among other outcomes, it produced online eLearning modules designed to explain medical imaging to non-specialists, which are now freely available.
Affiliated Networks and Centres
SINAPSE has connections with other Scottish pooling groups:
- SUPA — Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
- SULSA — Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance
- SICSA — Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance
- ScotCHEM
SINAPSE has connections with Scottish and UK research networks:
- SCIN — Scottish Clinical Imaging Network
- SANON — Scottish Adult Neuro-Oncology Network
- SANS — Scottish Association of Neurological Sciences
- SDRC — Scottish Dementia Research Consortium
- NRS-MHN — Mental Health Network
- NRS-NDN — Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network
- NRS-SRN — Stroke Research Network
- Scottish Ophthalmic Imaging Society
- Scottish Ultrasound Group
- ADRN — Administrative Data Research Network
- Health Data Research UK
- Farr Institute
- Dementias Platform UK Imaging Network
- UK Dementia Research Network
- EPSRC UK Image-Guided Therapies Network+
- National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA)
- MEG UK
- PET Partnership UK
- UK PET Chemistry
- UK7T Network
Industrial Partnership
One of our key aims is to develop the next generation of imaging researchers. Industrial partnership is crucial in ensuring that research outcomes are translated into the industrial community as well as the healthcare environment.
We welcome companies to contact us to discuss partnership working opportunities including industrial placements and joint funded PhD studentships. Companies we have worked with include Pfizer, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems, Siemens Medical, GE Healthcare, ReNeuron, Vascular Flow Technologies, Optos, and IXICO.
Through the SINAPSE Seed Fund, PhD studentships on imaging-related research projects starting in 2016 have been funded in partnership with external organisations.
Innovation Centres
SINAPSE has connections with Scottish Innovation Centres:
- PMS-IC — Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre
- DHI — Digital Health & Care Institute
- The Data Lab
- CENSIS — Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems
Connections across Scottish pooling groups, Innovation Centres, and other aligned initiatives can be explored through: Research Innovation Scotland
SINAPSE and fellow research pools have collaborated with our SFC-funded partners, the Innovation Centres and Interface, to create an interactive tool to better help all interested parties access and utilise these organisations within the Scottish research and innovation ecosystem. The Research Innovation Scotland website hosts case studies on interdisciplinary research and development working as well as information on upcoming co-organised activities, including webinars, workshops, conferences, and funding opportunities.